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Enhancing Cancer Care : Complementary therapy and support / edited by Jennifer Barraclough.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 281 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199297559 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.99406 22
LOC classification:
  • RC271.A62 E54 2007
Contents:
Introducing the holistic approach to cancer care / Jennifer Barraclough -- Evaluating complementary therapies / Janet Richardson and Karen Pilkington -- The oncology setting / Teresa E. Young -- The hospice setting / Nigel A. Hartley -- The work of an independent cancer help centre / Sara R. Miller and Ruth Sewell -- Childhood cancer / Elena J. Ladas and Kara M. Kelly -- Choice and co-ordination of therapies: the family doctor as guide / Catherine Zollman -- Acupuncture / Beverley de Valois -- Aromatherapy / Jacqui Stringer -- Art therapy / Paola Luzzatto and Bonnie Gabriel -- Bach flower remedies / Jennifer Barraclough -- Counselling: distress, transitions, and relationships / James Brennan -- Exercise / Margaret L. McNeely and Kerry S. Courneya -- Group support / Barbara Lubrano di Ciccone, Tiffany D. Floyd, and David W. Kissane -- Healing / Diane O'Connell -- Herbal medicine / Doreen Oneschuk, Jawaid Younus, and Heather Boon -- Homeopathy / Elizabeth A. Thompson -- Massage / Jacqui Stringer and Peter A. Mackereth -- Music therapy / Joanne V. Loewy -- Nutrition / Elizabeth Butler -- Reflexology / Peter A. Mackereth and Clive S. O'Hara -- Relaxation, visualization, and hypnotherapy / Leslie G. Walker ... [et al.] -- The spiritual dimension / Alastair J. Cunningham and Claire VI Edmonds.
Summary: A practical, evidence-based guide to complementary cancer therapies with an emphasis on enhancing practice; that is, using the therapies alongside conventional medicine, rather than as alternatives to it.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing the holistic approach to cancer care / Jennifer Barraclough -- Evaluating complementary therapies / Janet Richardson and Karen Pilkington -- The oncology setting / Teresa E. Young -- The hospice setting / Nigel A. Hartley -- The work of an independent cancer help centre / Sara R. Miller and Ruth Sewell -- Childhood cancer / Elena J. Ladas and Kara M. Kelly -- Choice and co-ordination of therapies: the family doctor as guide / Catherine Zollman -- Acupuncture / Beverley de Valois -- Aromatherapy / Jacqui Stringer -- Art therapy / Paola Luzzatto and Bonnie Gabriel -- Bach flower remedies / Jennifer Barraclough -- Counselling: distress, transitions, and relationships / James Brennan -- Exercise / Margaret L. McNeely and Kerry S. Courneya -- Group support / Barbara Lubrano di Ciccone, Tiffany D. Floyd, and David W. Kissane -- Healing / Diane O'Connell -- Herbal medicine / Doreen Oneschuk, Jawaid Younus, and Heather Boon -- Homeopathy / Elizabeth A. Thompson -- Massage / Jacqui Stringer and Peter A. Mackereth -- Music therapy / Joanne V. Loewy -- Nutrition / Elizabeth Butler -- Reflexology / Peter A. Mackereth and Clive S. O'Hara -- Relaxation, visualization, and hypnotherapy / Leslie G. Walker ... [et al.] -- The spiritual dimension / Alastair J. Cunningham and Claire VI Edmonds.

A practical, evidence-based guide to complementary cancer therapies with an emphasis on enhancing practice; that is, using the therapies alongside conventional medicine, rather than as alternatives to it.

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